Fermentation Specialist

Taurus Energy AB Publ / Biologjobb / Göteborg
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Taurus Energy AB (publ) is looking for a fermentation specialist. The major tasks will be:

• Perform fermentation experiments in shake flasks and in lab-scale
fermentation equipment using lignocellulose derived material as substrate and quantitatively evaluate the results.

• Develop propagation schemes for Taurus strains suitable for large scale applications.

• Design and optimize fermentation strategies and configurations using
Taurus' strains.

• Design control strategies for the bioprocesses using measured parameters.

• Take part in contact and communications with customers and different collaborators.

• Documentation and reporting.

Requirements:

You should hold a PhD in Microbiology, Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering or similar OR a MSc in Microbiology, Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering or similar with minimum 5 years of prior laboratory experience in fields of relevance for this position. We expect independent experience with:

• Microbiology, including experience with strain culturing, isolation,preservation and characterisation.

• Yeast fermentation and profound understanding of yeast physiology.

• Laboratory-scale bioreactors and instrumentation.

• Fermentation analytics, including HPLC, gas analysis and dry weight determination.

• Quantitative evaluation of lignocellulosic fermentations.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-driven, communicative, collaborative
person that is able to handle many contacts. We expect you to be well-expressed in oral and written English. Swedish knowledge is desired but no absolute requirement. Experience in driving projects independently from project formulation to reporting is considered a merit.

The working place will be in Gothenburg, but for periods you may be located elsewhere.

About Taurus Energy AB

The business concept of the company is to market yeast strains that are engineered and adapted for efficient fermentation of lignocellulosic hydrolysates, comprising both hexoses and pentoses, to ethanol. The company has since its start concentrated on research and development and has today 11 patent families and some 60 patents approved in different countries of the world. All the patents are related to the strain development and fermentation technology for fermentation of pentoses in biomass derived streams. The technology and know-how for 2nd generation ethanol production has been optimized at many different levels in order to make it a competitive alternative for a bio-fuel production, and the company Taurus Energy AB stand ready to be able provide some of the solutions with its highly competitive strains and process technologies.

Varaktighet, arbetstid
Tillsvidare
Heltid
6 mån provanställning

Publiceringsdatum
2015-10-15

Ersättning
Fast månads- vecko- eller timlön

Så ansöker du
Sista dag att ansöka är 2015-11-01
Ange följande referens när du ansöker: 201501
Ansökan kan skickas till e-postadress: info@taurusenergy.eu

Företag
Taurus Energy AB Publ

Adress
Taurus Energy AB Publ
Sven Hultins Gata 9
41258 Göteborg

Kontorsadress
Sven Hultins Gata 9
Göteborg

Övriga kontaktuppgifter
Telefonnummer: 0704547469
E-postadress: info@taurusenergy.eu

Jobbnummer
2482698

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